Government to build €50m child detention facility at LuskTHE GOVERNMENT has pledged to end the jailing of children in adult prisons within two years, following decades of stinging criticism…Tue Apr 03 2012 - 01:00
€50m child detention centre plannedThe Government intends to end the detention of under-18s in adult prisons within two years following decades of criticism from…Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
Census shows a country changed yet still rooted in traditionSO MUCH has changed, yet so much is strikingly familiar.Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Census finds population growingThe 2011 census results shows the number of Irish residents who were born outside the country has reached a new high of just …Thu Mar 29 2012 - 01:00
Revenue concerns over fairness of foreign executives' tax breakTHE REVENUE Commissioners raised serious concerns over the fairness of aspects of Government tax breaks aimed at luring multinational…Wed Mar 28 2012 - 01:00
Rich-poor gap grew by over one-quarter in 2010THE GAP between the richest and poorest in Ireland grew by more than 25 per cent during 2010, new figures show.Wed Mar 28 2012 - 01:00
Operation victims seek more time to file casesTHE GOVERNMENT is facing fresh calls to amend the statute of limitations to allow women who suffered as a result of a controversial…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Social innovators vow action at Change Nation eventA THREE-DAY meeting of 50 of world’s top social innovators in Dublin has yielded hundreds of commitments to help establish projects…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Innovators aiming to change the nationDUBLIN CASTLE has been the setting for plenty of hot air through the years.Sat Mar 24 2012 - 00:00
Kenny vows to tackle corruptionTaoiseach Enda Kenny has said the Government plans to implement as many of the Mahon tribunal's recommendations as possible into…Fri Mar 23 2012 - 00:00
Report into 115 child deaths to reveal 'harrowing' findingsAN INDEPENDENT report into the deaths of children in care is understood to reveal significant and repeated failures by State …Thu Mar 22 2012 - 00:00
Church leaders conclude abuse scandals eroded trust in clergyThe report advanced a number of key reforms to safeguard children and also notes that this ‘time of trial’ has revealed the vitality…Wed Mar 21 2012 - 00:00
Study shows benefits of parenting programmesNEW RESEARCH shows high-quality parenting programmes result in improved child behaviour and provide major long-term benefits …Tue Mar 20 2012 - 00:00
Director of mental health post not yet filledHEALTH AUTHORITIES have still not appointed a director who will be responsible for mental health and accelerating plans to modernise…Tue Mar 13 2012 - 00:00
The long road home for surrogate babiesINTERVIEW: SUSAN COOPER’s baby boy, Alex, is the talk of the townMon Mar 12 2012 - 00:00
Ireland rejects UN call to end schools discriminating on religious groundsTHE GOVERNMENT has rejected recommendations from UN member states that it should eliminate religious discrimination in access…Sat Mar 10 2012 - 00:00
Applicants for homes vetted over propertyPEOPLE ON waiting lists for social housing are being vetted by local authorities to ensure they do not own any property either…Fri Mar 09 2012 - 00:00
Abbeyleix nursing home gets positive reportHEALTH SERVICE inspectors have released a broadly positive report into care standards at a public nursing home in Abbeyleix, …Thu Mar 08 2012 - 00:00
Ongoing isolation of vulnerable child criticisedSOCIAL SERVICES have been criticised for leaving a vulnerable child separated from other young people almost continually for …Wed Mar 07 2012 - 00:00
Child's separation in unit criticisedSocial services have been criticised for leaving a vulnerable child separated from other young people almost continually for …Tue Mar 06 2012 - 00:00
'No one is responsible for anything'WHAT IS it with ambitious public sector projects? It seems almost preordained that they end up with eye-watering cost overruns…Mon Mar 05 2012 - 00:00
The budding philanthropists putting Ireland firstIRELAND HAS NEVER been too keen on philanthropySat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00
Concern remains over Cork unitSocial services inspectors have expressed concern that children in a special care unit, which they found to be in a "state of…Tue Feb 28 2012 - 00:00
HSE's eligibility rules unclear, says O'ReillyTHE PUBLIC is paying the price for the failure of successive governments to introduce a statutory framework that would set out…Tue Feb 28 2012 - 00:00
'Social innovators' to visit DublinFifty of the world’s leading social innovators will gather in Dublin next month to help kick-start an ambitious plan to tackle…Thu Feb 23 2012 - 00:00
Children's group given €1.5m for referendum campaignTWO PHILANTHROPIC groups have provided €1Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Colleges given six months to spell out their strategic plansALL THIRD-LEVEL institutions have been given six months to respond to official proposals which would result in the merger of …Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00
Almost 800 adverse reactions to swine flu vaccine identifiedTHE SWINE flu vaccine has topped the list of drugs responsible for the largest number of suspected adverse reactions, new figures…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Parents of young disabled shocked at cuts in servicesPARENTS OF hundreds of young people with intellectual disabilities say they are shocked that many of their children may not have…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Officials knew of 'recent' €3.6bn error for a yearMINISTER FOR Finance Michael Noonan was told by his department’s officials last year that a €3Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Many councils struggling to pay for vital servicesSOME LOCAL authorities are in serious financial difficulty and struggling to collect enough income from rates to pay for vital…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
'The best attitude is to just get on with it'CASE STUDY: WEEKEND DAD: ENDA WHELTON never planned on becoming a weekend dadFri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
What is the health of the nation?THE ECONOMIC downturn should carry a health warning: the recession can be very bad for your healthThu Feb 09 2012 - 00:00
The trapped and the priced-outNO OTHER generation grew up with such high hopesTue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Income for church and religious bodies fell 10% in 2009THE ECONOMIC downturn has had a heavy impact on religious organisations in Ireland, with income down from donations, church collections…Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
'I'm still a long way from where I'd like to be'CASE STUDY: UNIVERSITY GRADUATE: PADDY DUFFY may lack employment opportunities, but he doesn’t lack ambitionMon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
How one entrepreneurial family has fared‘We feel cheated. We always paid our bills and paid our taxes’Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Owner of nursing home to help inquiryTHE OWNER of a Kilkenny nursing home who is accused of reckless abandonment of residents and theft of money from clients has …Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
State board members invited to waive feesTHE GOVERNMENT is writing to hundreds of State board members to tell them they have the option of waiving their fees as part …Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Plan to ban anonymous donors 'will limit supply'PLANS TO ban the use of anonymous sperm or egg donations in Ireland will lead to fewer donors and an increase in the cost of …Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Owner of nursing home shut by Hiqa operating in AustraliaTHE OWNER of a Kilkenny nursing home who is accused of reckless abandonment of residents and theft of money from clients has …Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Contract ends for worker who blew whistleA WHISTLEBLOWER who recently highlighted the poor treatment of patients at St Brendan’s psychiatric hospital in Grangegorman …Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Public proposes 1,000 ways to save State moneyTHE GOVERNMENT has received more than 1,000 submissions from the public on new ways for the State to save money.Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Allowances not made for guards and teachers in savings ideasSHOULD CRIMINALS be forced to wear green jumpsuits and do community service instead of jail time? And should teachers be obliged…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Controversy over genetic screening of embryosA FERTILITY CLINIC is to offer genetic screening of embryos for the first time in Ireland which will inform parents if their …Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Irish adoptions from Vietnam to resume as accord reachedADOPTIONS BETWEEN Vietnam and Ireland are set to resume over the coming months after the two governments reached agreement on…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
From Russia with love - daughter Maria ends Donegal family's adoption questCASE STUDY : MAGS KELLY and her husband Alan Cunningham had been due to travel to Vietnam in the summer of 2009 to meet their…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Vietnam adoptions may resumeAdoptions between Vietnam and Ireland are likely to resume over the coming months after the two governments reached agreement…Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Residents love Terenure, whichever constituency it's inA canvass of opinion in Terenure finds little support for a residents’ group that wants electoral boundaries changed to reflect…Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
Expert group to consider abortion law in light of human rights court rulingMR JUSTICE Seán Ryan of the High Court is to chair an expert group that will examine the options available to the Government …Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
